Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes About Weakness
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Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,--like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
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There are some weaknesses that are peculiar and distinctive to generous characters, as freckles are to a fair skin.
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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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In a contest with a weaker party it is more honorable to yield than to force concession. Magnanimity becomes the strong.
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Age, that acquaints us with infirmities in ourselves, should make us tender in our reprehension of weakness elsewhere.
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Patience is only one faculty; earnestness the devotion of all the faculties. Earnestness is the cause of patience; it gives endurance, overcomes pain, strengthens weakness, braves dangers, sustains hope, makes light of difficulties, and lessens the sense of weariness in overcoming them.
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